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In June, I headed off to a seminar in Paris and dragged Tyler along with me for a long weekend. Thanks to beautiful weather, we enjoyed a spectacular run to our favorite roving market at the Bastille (Richard Lenoir) where we picnicked on a fresh baguette, homemade fig jam, Saint Maure goat cheese from the Loire Valley, walnuts and fresh fruit. We also ran to the Eiffel Tower and walked up to the second floor – a Gina and Tyler tradition – before stopping by our favorite patisserie on Rue Saint Dominique for croissants aux amandes and café creme – another Gina and Tyler tradition. We even celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary a little early with an excellent vegetarian meal at Carole Sinclair’s restaurant just after stopping through the whimsical gardens of the Palais Royale. Paris wasn’t quite the same after Tyler left, but I managed to get away from work one evening to enjoy a lovely chevre chaud salad and crème brulee on the terrace of an old standby, Café Rousillon. It’s not a restaurant for the guidebooks, just a lively little place full of 7th-dwelling locals. I finished off the trip with a detour past the champagne bubbling lights of the tower…